evasion

Evasion is defined as avoiding or escaping a person or thing.

(noun)

An example of evasion is not paying income taxes for ten years.
An example of evasion is purposely being in a different room from your ex-girlfriend at a party.

See evasion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an evading; specif., an avoiding of a duty, question, etc. by deceit or cleverness
a way of doing this; subterfuge

Origin: ME & OFr < L evasio < evasus, pp. of evadere: see evade

See evasion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English evasioun

Origin: , from Old French evasion

Origin: , from Late Latin ēvāsiō, ēvāsiōn-

Origin: , from Latin ēvāsus

Origin: , past participle of ēvādere, to evade; see evade

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